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Book Description
This Vade Mecum (a portable book for ready reference; Lat., vade mecum = go with me) is intended to serve as a quick-reference for the layperson as well as others with broader interests in properties, uses, caution (contraindications, side effects, possible interactions with drugs), and active constituents of Botanical Ingredients used mainly in Food, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries, and Family Practice. The approximately 800 Botanical Ingredients are grouped in 657 short Monographs and cover a large number of the most commonly used Herbs, Spices, Essential Oils, Resins, Balsams, Fixed Oils, Fats, and Gums worldwide. Included are Beta Glucans and some Medicinal Mushrooms (shiitake, etc.), Bromelain, and more. Monographs are listed alphabetically (Acerola to Zedoary) according to the Common Names of the plants from which they are derived. At the end of the book there is a Therapeutic Checklist where botanicals are classified according to the organ systems and disorders (Nervous Disorders: anxiety, insomnia, etc.; Gynecologic Disorders: premenstrual and menopausal syndromes, etc.; Etc.). In the Various Effects and Uses are listed Immunomodulants, Antioxidants, Potassium and Vitamin C Supplements, and Skin Care, Cosmetic, Flavor and Fragrance Ingredients, and more. It also includes Glossary of Medical Terms, Glossary of Chemical Terms, References, and the Index (Monographs, Common Names, Latin Botanical Names, Disorders and Various Effects and Uses).
About the Author
Gazmend Skenderi is a consultant in Natural Products. He graduated from the Tirana University with a degree in Pharmacy and soon after became qualified in Pharmacognosy and Phytopharmacy. His career includes collecting and cataloging Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; teaching and researching in Pharmacognosy and Phytopharmacy; and sourcing, QA/QC and Marketing of Natural Products. He has written three other books and a number of scientific and popular articles on Natural Products.
Herbal Vade Mecum: 800 Herbs, Spices, Essential Oils, Lipids, Etc.-Constituents, Properties, Uses, and Caution,Gazmend Skenderi,Herbacy Press,0971320926,Consumer Health,General,Herbal Medications,Science,Science/Mathematics,Body, Mind & Spirit / Mental & Spiritual Healing,Gazmend Skenderi
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